It was actually the second indoor cycling world championship held in Winterthur after the one in 1997.

The participating nations were all from Europe and Asia, except for a Tchad starting Czech team.

The whole event had a budget of 750'000 swiss francs - after the end of the WC they made a profit of 29'600 SFr.

In the entrance area there were some exhibitors, a bar, a coat check and an information desk.

Top goal scorer was the Austrian player Martin Lingg.

The German team Schulheis/Sprinkmeier made in qualification round with 316.39 points a new world record.